You can follow profiles of living persons in Family Tree if you were the one who created the profile or if the person is in a family group tree that you can access.
You cannot follow private profiles of living persons that are in another user's private tree or in a family group tree that you cannot access. For instructions on how to follow or unfollow a person in Family Tree, click here.
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